Question:
I'm 2 months post op GBP and gained some today!

How much should I be eating to keep losing; solid foods are making me gain....help! I have 3 protein shakes a day and my vitamins, but have started to enjoy a few crackers with cheese and a small piece of toast and have noticed a difference.... Do people count calories or what? I'd like to hear back from those successful 100#s lost already and maintaining IF possible?!? THANKS    — zoeysgrami (posted on September 5, 2006)

September 5, 2006
you must eat to lose, when you starve your body, you are robing it... you will then store! I have lost alot of weight 327 to 125 now maintain @ 127 to 130 pounds! It is all about Nutrition and changing an Obese Mind! Hugs and you will lose it! Feed your body, that is your fuel! It is all about balance and keeping stable with intake of fluids and food andmost of all nutrition...Do you know how much Protein your body absorbs per hour? Keep it going, Celeste...Living life lean!!!
   — shakeyourweight

September 5, 2006
Hi Patricia, I am 9 months post-op (-120 lbs!!), thinking back to 2 months post op, I tried to stay away from most breads/crackers, etc, I have only recently began to nibble on them. They actually dont sit well with me unless they are made of wheat. I would try to focus on more protein type foods, maybe eggs, meats, fish, tuna etc.. I have not counted any calories this whole way through, i just concentrated on food choices and portions, which I think is what got me in trouble in the first place and it seems to have worked for me. There are some times that you will waffle up and down a few pounds, but for the most part that scale should be heading down, also do you weight yourself often, or just a few times a week? I also find that if I weigh myself at night, I weigh more than in the morning.. so I try and weigh in the mornings.. and try to only weight in once every few days. The whole scale thing can besome obsessive if you let it. Best wishes to you and drink lots of water!!! April
   — April

September 5, 2006
Don't stress out. I lost 425 lbs in two and half years and I have maintained my weight loss. There were times I gained a few pounds. I was very religious about what I ate. Protein Protein and more protein. Nothing white, ie: potatoes, bread, sugar, etc. It really helps to keep a journal daily of what you eat. Sometimes you slip something in without even thinking about it. Also do yourself a HUGE FAVOUR...stay off the scale and only weigh monthly. It is to easy to get wrapped around the scale daily and then you lose the focus of what is important and that is eating right.
   — [Deactivated Member]

September 5, 2006
Take it from me and any other Grad - don't weight yourself more than once a month or you will drive yourself crazy. One pound here or there does NOT determine if you are eating or exercising properly, nor does hitting a plateau. You need to look at overall loss and daily weigh-ins will not show you the evidence you need that this surgery is working for you.
   — j_coulter

September 6, 2006
Celeste, How do we calculate to see how much Protein our bodies take-in of Protein per hour?
   — Michael Eak

September 7, 2006
I have lost almost 200 pounds. I do not count calories. I just make sure to eat my protein first, and to watch my carbs and sugars carefully. You also need to drink at least 64 ounces of water each day and exercise. Good luck! You did not say how much you have lost. I also found that I sometimes gain a few pounds, or plateau, and then begin again. i eat very little, not even as much as other people do who have had the surgery.
   — Novashannon